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Dent Minnesota Map

Explore Dent, Minnesota, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Dent, Minnesota

How to Use This Dent, Minnesota Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Dent, Minnesota. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Minnesota or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Dent.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Dent
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	Otter Tail County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	46.55357
Longitude	-95.716435
Population	173
Density	184.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	56528
Area Code	320
County Seat	Fergus Falls
School District	Perham-Dent Public School District

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About Dent, Minnesota

Dent is a locality in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 173. The population density is 184.5 people per km². Dent is located at 46.5536°N, 95.7164°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Dent is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56528.

Dent emerges from the expansive, quiet plains of western Minnesota as a cluster of modest structures defined by the long, low light of the northern latitudes. It lies 19.2 miles south-southeast of Detroit Lakes, MN (from Detroit Lakes, MN: bearing 161°T), and is situated 7.4 miles west-southwest of Perham. The landscape surrounding Dent remains dominated by the glacial debris of the region, where the earth rises into subtle, persistent swells covered in pockets of dense woodland and expansive fields. Only a mile to the west, the surface of Rice Lake mirrors the shifting moods of the sky, its quiet waters held in place by reeds and the encroaching brush of the prairie. Further out, the slow, meandering path of the Dead River cuts through the terrain, a silent artery that draws moisture from the fields and feeds the low-lying basins of the Otter Tail County Waterfowl Production Area. During the deep, hollow silence of winter, the air here turns brittle and clear, sharpening the silhouettes of the trees against a vast, pale horizon that stretches toward the distant, faint rise of Detroit Mountain.

Dent carries the quiet weight of a settlement forged by the necessity of the harvest and the resilience of those who arrived to break the heavy, black soil. The local economy persists in a measured cadence, tied to the agricultural rhythms of the season and the small-scale commerce that sustains the people who remain. History here is found not in grand monuments, but in the sturdy architecture of the older storefronts and the way the community maintains its connection to the land that has supported generations of families. The life of the residents is marked by the changing temperaments of the seasons, where the transition from the golden warmth of autumn to the monochromatic stillness of the deep freeze dictates the pace of every day. In the evenings, as the sun slips behind the western ridges, the stillness of the environment feels absolute, reminding any traveler that Dent exists as a deliberate, enduring point of stillness in the vast, open interior of the continent.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Otter Tail County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.7 mi, 206° SW
McDonald Lake State Aquatic Management Area (Otter Tail) (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 285° W
Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 2.8 mi, 338° N
Dead Lake State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 180° S
ITOW Veterans Museum (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 064° NE
Arvig Park (Local Park) — 7.5 mi, 063° NE
Maplewood State Park (State Park) — 9.4 mi, 253° W
World's Largest Turkey (Public Artwork) — 11.7 mi, 001° N
Trowbridge Creek Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 11.8 mi, 326° NW
Hallaway's Hill (Viewpoint) — 12.9 mi, 267° W
Glendalough State Park (State Park) — 14.8 mi, 175° S
Continental Divide Monument (Monument) — 16.3 mi, 098° E
Cultural Center (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 098° E
Detroit Lakes Sports Arena (Stadium) — 18.8 mi, 340° N
Art of the Lakes (Gallery) — 18.8 mi, 180° S
Detroit Lakes Industrial Park (Monument) — 18.9 mi, 343° N
Young at Art Co (Gallery) — 19.2 mi, 341° N
Odyssey Cinemas Washington Square 7 (Cinema) — 19.3 mi, 341° N
Veterans Monument (Monument) — 19.3 mi, 342° N
Finn Creek Museum (Museum) — 19.5 mi, 110° E
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.7 mi, 300° NW · 12k acres
Broken Down Dam (Historic Ruins) — 23.3 mi, 219° SW
Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.3 mi, 004° N · 86k acres
Captain Black's Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 25.4 mi, 105° E
Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 25.5 mi, 004° N · 2,148 acres
Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion (Attraction) — 28.0 mi, 299° NW
Fire Museum (Museum) — 34.1 mi, 282° W
Long Lake Theater & Event Center (Theatre) — 38.7 mi, 060° NE
Chippewa National Forest (National Forest) — 57.9 mi, 059° NE · 660k acres
Sheyenne National Grassland (National Grassland) — 65.4 mi, 243° SW · 70k acres

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